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Every claim on THRIVE links to the document it came from.
THRIVE's break-even for medium electric vans is down 25.8% since 20 July as diesel rose 19.2%. Here is a three-band renewal rule built from the series, and the checks that decide whether it holds for your fleet.
30 stories this week, every one with a number, a date or a decision in it.
From spring 2027, EV drivers who rely on lower-powered public chargers on residential streets will pay less to charge. HM Treasury estimates they will save around £150 a year on average, and an industry taskforce will look at letting drivers use their cheaper home energy tariff at certain public cha
Logistics UK chief executive Ben Fletcher welcomes the Budget's regional growth plans, including letting mayors keep a share of business rates and borrow for transport, and its promise of faster grid connections, which he says are holding back fleet decarbonisation. The group says the extended fuel duty freeze and red diesel duty cut, with the existing HGV road tax holiday, will save the sector an estimated £470 million, but that the Budget missed the chance to start business rates reform and made no mention of the Single Trade Window. The press release is published below as supplied.
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Every date a UK fleet plans around: tax and fuel rate changes, the ZEV mandate, emissions rules, grants, clean air zones and the data releases THRIVE tracks. Each links to its official source and says how firm the date is.
Full calendar, filtered by tax, fuel rates, policy and moreFleet Rate Card // v2026.09
Advisory fuel and electric rates, company car tax, mileage allowances, the ZEV mandate and the dates they change. Free, versioned, never out of date.
Payload, load space, range and price side by side, every figure from the manufacturer's own documents.
56 models and 226 versions, electric and diesel: payload, load space, range and price, every figure sourced.
Compare two vans Browse every vanFrom Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
The week's key numbers, the news behind them and what they mean for your fleet, in about five minutes.
Read issue 18Story tips, press releases and questions go straight to the newsroom. We read everything that comes in. With the volume of fleet news, not everything can run, but a story with a number, a date or a decision in it stands a good chance.
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